Live Evil 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe

Every time a new Super Deluxe box comes around I say to myself the same thing; Do I really need this? At the end a little voice inside my head or maybe it’s the inner child find compelling arguments to justify the purchase. That’s the same child who was shocked back in 1983 or was it 1982 when his older bro brought The Mob Rules lp home. Shocked at listening what I thought back then was an actual recording of Hell. And by that I mean the into E5150. I could swear that was Satan talking there. I digress, once I receive the latest Super Deluxe I’m instantly relieve. This box is yes, redundant but also necessary. The remaster is excellent. I am listening the second cd of the original concert and have yet to listen to the remixed version but I do not need to to justify this review. The book, poster and Tour replica concert book are great and add much value. It is among my top 3 live albums. Sabbath is one of my favorite bands. Very recommended

Loved it every song is great nice sound disc came perfect condition love graphics on Cover.

While most people equate Ozzy to Black Sabbath, and there's nothing wrong with that. Ronnie James Dio's time with Sabbath is definitely worth while. This is proof of Dio's presence. This 4 disc set is 2 mixes of the original Live Evil set. The first 2 discs are the remastered original set. The second 2 discs are a remix of the same set. I haven't compared them side by side, however I'm partial to the remaster. Probably because it sounds like the original release, which I am familiar with. Regardless this is a nice set which includes a poster, reproduced tour program and a hard cover book.

Great live album, the remix is great too!

REMASTER: I'm all in favor of remastering the original, it needs all the help it can get. What can be said about the original, despite it's original mixing, is that the performances were STELLAR. So remastering the original performances by the band is always welcome and I will always upgrade to any better version of the original that comes along. But I so badly wish that the 'mono" mistakes they made on the original, such as throwing guitar, bass, and vocals directly into the middle, were fixed. Nope. Slight enhancements yes, but fixed, no. Bummer. And it's nowhere near the clarity and quality of the remix. Still, I will always listen to this album due to one thing that the original has over the new remix - the PERFORMANCES. To see what I mean, read below. 5 stars for original performances and any effort to clean up this beloved album.REMIX: The sound quality is PHENOMENAL, and is how the original should have sounded. HOWEVER - some of these songs and even tracks are DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES BY THE BAND, and thus constitutes a completely different live album from the same tour. This is not the original Live Evil remixed - it is most of the original Live Evil that has had different performances and different tracks added in. In some cases, Tony's playing isn't as good despite the superior sound (some of his riffs and lead work was better on the original). And I'm REALLY pissed off that they dicked around with Geezer Butler's and Tony Iommi's tones, which is very apparent during "Black Sabbath" and the guitar solo as well as the opening for "N.I.B". Some of the vocal tracks and guitar tracks are different from the original, making this a different album than the original Live Evil (again, actual different performances!). And just to preserver Dio's dignity, there's some content that should have been left out that was added back in - like at the end of N.I.B. when Dio breaks into his utterly ridiculous phony British accent, which he was absolutely terrible at. So I have a serious love/hate relationship with the new "remix". I regard the remix as a vastly superior (quality wise) "bonus" additional live album from the Mob Rules tour, but in many cases, it is not the original Live Evil. What I do truly appreciate about this version however is the full clarity of everything and the sheer justice that does for this band. It's like it was recorded last night. I just can't understand why a few inferior performances were added into the original Live Evil album for the remix, the original performances were better - in every case. Not one single changed performance was superior to the original. So I consider that a disservice to "Live Evil" on the whole. 5 stars for sound quality, but if I include how the performances for screwed around with, I'd take it down to 3 stars for messing up "Live Evil" on the whole.

I buy all these Sabbath Super Deluxe packages. They're costly, no doubt, but there's something about them that I simply must have them. It's something about the combined effect of the greatness of the band, the sheer joy of handling the original tour materials, the comfort of returning to those albums, and the new live concerts. It's awesome.I was skeptical of Live Evil at this price, since it was never really even in my rotation. It's an oddball in the discography and an arguably strange next pick for the Super Deluxe treatment. I pre-ordered anyways.GOD DAMN this box set slapped me wide awake. Granted, I was ripping my perc like a maniac, all gas no brakes, smashing seltzer in the fast lane. Suffice it to say I was in the mood.I put on the new 40th Remix - not the remaster - to test drive the new mix. Now granted, I was charging hard at this point, but I was thrown back in my seat by a foggy techno-naut intro blasting from every corner of my room, woofers pulsating, floor shaking. Dio snarling, Iommi cutting icebergs with his axe, Geezer propelling the Earth along its orbit with a titanic groove. At this point in the remix I strapped in and started ripping again, I felt I'd gotten my bearings. Overconfident. When I reached Track 6, "Voodoo", a Sabbath song I'd never paid a minute of attention to, the Earth collapsed in on itself. Geezer and Iommi extended a hand to help me into the starship. As I stepped in, Dio's screams hit the fuel injectors and we were off. As we ascended into our new forms I gifted myself one last moment of reflection, and considered the journey I've taken through life with this band, in all its forms, and how by discovering them anew, in one of their more obscure releases, I again meet that past version of myself who was discovering them for the first time as we started our journey in the cosmic ocean together. And in that moment, I know a tranquility total and pure.It's been 80 years and I have never made it past Side A. I spent $82 on this set in 2023 and am the happiest man who ever lived in the outer rim.